Monday, October 20, 2008

Shiny fingernails!

::::::::polishing fingernails on shirt:::::::::::Yep, I've got them! And a bruise on my back from where I've been patting myself ;) I'm proud because I made a dress FROM A PATTERN! Those of you who know me well know that I SO do not use patterns. They skeeve me out. I think they're always so much more complicated than they should be. But I wanted a specific dress for the girls to wear for sister pics on Thursday, and found some material I like, so off I went to cutting out a pattern. It's one my mom had bought and cut me a copy of in both of the girls' sizes. Well, I neglected to get the DIRECTIONS on how to sew the dress together. Of course, those of you who know me well also know exactly what I said at the point I figured this out. (no, not THAT.....) I said "how hard could this BE?". (So I've never claimed to be a genius!) I'm happy to say that after only four phone calls to my mom and one to my sewing guru friend Neile, VOILA!!!!!!!!It still needs to be hemmed and have buttonholes put in, but I'll do that tomorrow! What do you think? Now to make it in a size 2, lol! By Thursday! I have to sneak in a gypsy skirt for HRH's individual pictures on Wednesday, too, but those only take about 20 minutes, so that's a no-brainer.

About Me

I'm Juli, a stay-at-home mom who lives in Texas (is there anywhere else to live?!?!). My older girl, HRH, always said she loved me "Three minutes and a rainbow", which makes it the happiest phrase I know, so I'll call my blog that :) My younger girl, the Hurricane, said she loves me "DIS mush" and holds her arms as wide as she can. But I can't call my blog "dismush_armsaswideastheycango", can I? I am a Juli-of-all-trades, Master of none. We also have Big Ben, the sweetest little family caboose ever. I love to cook, eat, sew, drink good wine and cool microbrews, read, and do crafty things.